The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

Cook time: 10mins Prep time: 30mins Serves 6 people INGREDIENTS: 6 eggspinch of salt250 gm caster sugar1 tsp vanilla paste10 tbsp plain flour2 tsp baking powder50 gm melted butter 2 punnets strawberries300 gm fresh cream1 tsp vanilla paste2 tbsp icing sugar METHOD: For the Sponge:Whisk the eggs and salt until well combined, add the sugar and vanilla paste and turn up to high. Continue to beat until the thick. Sift flour and baking powder together. Fold lightly into egg mixture. Fold in butter. Pour equally into two 20cm greased spring-form cake tins. Bake at 200 for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned, turn out onto racks and allow to cool. Whisk the cream, vanilla and 1/2 the icing sugar, whisk until firm and set aside. Take the strawberries and remove the green top and cut the large ones in half. To make the cake. Place one cake as a bottom onto a platter, then cover with 1/2 the whipped cream and 1/2 the strawberries. Place the top cake on and then the remaining cream, strawberries and finish with a dusting of remaining icing sugar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amanda Knox talks new book Free: My Search for Meaning In 2007, Amanda Knox was arrested for the brutal murder of her flatmate while studying in Italy - and it was a case that captured international attention. Amanda was found guilty, convicted of the murder and spent four years in an Italian prison - but she was later found to be wrongly convicted. 10 years after she was officially exonerated of the crime, she's told her story in her new memoir Free: My Search for Meaning. "I was immersed in a very restrictive environment...it was really important, for my sanity, to develop a sense of place and purpose." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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